Bianca Seward | Houston Public Media

A Texas lawmaker with higher political aspirations led the charge in calling out educators for their online comments about Kirk, the conservative influencer who was assassinated. Some of those teachers have been terminated, raising questions about their First Amendment rights.

A federal judge in August issued a temporary injunction blocking 11 school districts from implementing Senate Bill 10, the new Texas law requiring public schools to display the commandments. Fourteen additional school districts, including Conroe ISD, have now been sued by the same coalition of civil rights groups.

Texas' Senate Bill 10, which requires the commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom in the state, is set to take effect Sept. 1. U.S. Judge Fred Biery, in a temporary injunction issued Wednesday, blocked several school districts in the Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio areas from following the new law.

Senate Bill 10, which is being challenged in court, will require the commandments to be displayed in every Texas public school classroom starting Sept. 1. Neither teachers nor their schools are required to provide or pay for the posters, but they can’t reject a donated poster. Houston Public Media took a look at those behind the effort.